Princeton Review: Cracking the LSAT, 2000 Edition

by ROBINSON, ADAMTALLIA, ROB

• ISBN13: 9780375754098
• ISBN10: 0375754091
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 1999-07-01
• Publisher: Princeton Review

Summary

WE KNOW THE LSAT The experts at The Princeton Review take the LSAT and other standardized tests several times a year to make sure you get the most up-to-date, thoroughly researched books possible. WE KNOW STUDENTS Each year we help more than two million students score high with our courses, bestselling books, and award-winning software. WE GET RESULTS Students who take our six-week LSAT course have an average score increase of 70 points (verified by International Communications Research). The proven techniques we teach in our course are in this book. AND IF IT'S ON THE LSAT, IT'S IN THIS BOOK We dont' try to teach you everything there is to know about reading comprehension or analytic thinking. We just tell you what you'll need to know to score high on the LSAT. There's a big difference. In Cracking the LSAT, we'll teach you how to think like the test makers and *Eliminate answer choices that look right but are planted to fool you *Crack complex argument problems by zeroing in on the conclusion *Use powerful methods of diagramming to solve games problems *Ace the reading-comprehension sections by "mapping out" the passages *Improve your writing sample by knowing what they're really looking for This book includes two full-length sample tests. The questions in the test are the same kind of problems you'll see on teh actual LSAT, and we fully explain every solution.

Table of Contents

The LSAT: General Information and Strategies	1	(10)
Arguments	11	(50)
Games	61	(64)
Reading Comprehension	125	(22)
The Writing Sample	147	(12)
Putting It All Together	159	(8)
Law School Admissions	167	(10)
The Princeton Review LSAT Diagnostic Test I	177	(42)
Answers and Explanations to Diagnostic Test I	219	(68)
The Princeton Review LSAT Diagnostic Test II	287	(38)
Answers and Explanations to Diagnostic Test II	325	(58)
Afterword	383	(2)
About the Authors	385